Twisted cane staff with handle in form of right hand grasping serpent

Made:
1801-1900 in Papua New Guinea
Twisted cane staff with handle in form of right hand grasping

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Twisted cane staff with handle in form of right hand grasping
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Twisted cane staff with handle in form of right hand grasping serpent, part of serpent missing, inscribed curpinch stick, may be European or from Papua New Guinea, 19th century

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A51941
Materials:
cane and ferrule, brass
type:
staffs